The one that first came to my mind when the article came out is that ALL major nuclear nations are aware of anything that gets thrown into space.

I didn't even think of how ludicrous it was to have a spy camera that used a laser fired at the target to adjust the optics. Talk about covert...

And of course, the biggest objection is that if the military already had something like this, I wouldn't be working on a multi-million dollar project to come up with the same orbital capability.

That being said, an air-launched or air-refueled orbital spaceplane is difficult, but not impossible. I've worked with Mitch Clapp long enough to know that.